be policed. but the first steps will be taken by the small operators, and it's not clear they can afford it. simon mcgregor-wood, al jazeera, paris. just a reminder you can keep up to date with all of the latest news on our website, aljazeera.com. ♪ ♪ shifting the balance of power in the arctic, president obama calls for more u.s. ships in arctic waters. a kentucky clerk again defies the law of the land, refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples this morning, even though the supreme court declined to take her case. and hundreds of migrants in hungary, try to board trains for

germany, but armed guards are now stopping them. ♪ this is al jazeera america good morning, live from new york city. i'm randall pinkston in for stephanie sy. president obama will hike a melting glacier today as part f his historic trip to obamacare obamacare. he is pushing for stronger u.s. presence in the region. right now the u.s. only has working ice breakers, compared to moscow's 40. but first on the participate's agenda, the warming arctic waters and the urgent need for action. libby casey has more from anchorage. >> reporter: president obama delivering a warning at the beginning of his alaska trip that human activity is warming

the planet. he called this science stark and said that climate change isn't a problem in the far-off future. it's a problem here and happening now. he said it is already impacting infrastructure, communities, health, and the future. >> if those trend lines continue the way they are, there's not going to be a nation on this earth that is not impacted negatively. people will suffer. economies will suffer. entire nations will find themselves under severe, severe problems. >> reporter: the president will use the backdrop of alaska over the next two days to highlight the issue of climate change, visiting a glacier that is retreating, visiting alaskian native communities to learn about their way of life, because this is ground zero for climate

change. >> the arctic is the leading edge of climate change. our leading indicater of what the entire planet faces. arctic temperatures are rising about twice as fast as the global average. over the past 60 years, alaska has warmed about twice as fast as the rest of the united states. last year was alaska's warmest year on record. just as it was for the rest of the world. >> reporter: even as president obama is delivering a warning about climate change, he is catching criticism from environmentalists. they are concerned about his recent decision to allow exploratory oil drilling off of alaska's arctic coast. but president obama defending the decision, saying that it was a process started back during the bush administration, and that he believes it can be done safely, and that that won't stop

an increased push to try to develop clean and renewable energies. >> libby casey in anchorage. earlier i spoke to the founder of the office of tribal relations and expert on food scarcity. she says the effects of climate change in remote alaskian villages have been obvious for a long time. >> reporter: the of courses of climate change is very real. it has been noticeable to our elders in our communities that live in very remote alaskian villages, i would say since the '80s, and maybe before. those people the natives who live on the land have been seeing the changes for decades. but i would have to tell you that in -- in my constantly keeping in touch with my alaskan

native brothers and sisters, they will tell you the changes are even more profound, affecting their food sources and ability to meet the food security needs of their families. if i had the president here, i would have him focus specifically on building the infrastructure necessary for those communities to continue to access food in new ways. >> coming up libby casey takes a deeper look at the climate change issue. she visits one town that eskimos say is falling into the sea. the president's visit is also highlighting the arctic and geopolitics. and critics fear the u.s. is losing ground there. >> reporter: the polar's thaw is heating up rivalries. according to the u.s. geological ur survey, roughly 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and 30% of undiscovered gas are in the

arctic. most of it under the ocean. that's nearly a quarter of the world's hydrocarbon reserves. the arctic boasts fish stock and mineral deposits, while new sea lanes are being opened up. but who will reap the foils. eight countries have territories inside the arctic circle. a global treaty gives nations control over resource within 200 nautical miles of their coastlines and lets them submit claims to extend that footprint. the united states hasn't ratified that treaty. but other nations are pressing ahead, most notably russia, which in august formally leied claim to an additional 463,000 square files of arctic territory. that was telegraphed back in

2007 when russia planted a flag on the seabed of the north pole. and it is increasing its military fight in the arctic. now the united states sees these developments as provocative, but not enough for washington to bolster its regional mill stair presence, which combined with its nato allies is significant. which begs the question is russia's investment worth it? given the roughly 50% fall in global oil prices over the last year, expensive oil plays might not be worth it now, but as a long-term play, moscow is clearly betting the top of the world will pay off. a kentucky clerk is remaining defiant today despite another court ruling forcing her to hand marriage licenses to same-sex couples. >> the supreme court denied -- >> we are not issuing marriage licenses today --

>> why not? >> because i'm not. >> under who's authority. >> under god's authority. >> kim davis again refused to give licenses to couples who appeared before her this morning. it comes one day after the supreme court rejected her request for a stay in the case. david has tried four times to get a license, and was rejected again, saying he is ready to go back to court. >> it's time to get her out of that office, and whether a person is christian, whether they are -- are of any other belief, if they can't see the lawlessness in what she is doing, then they are just ignoring the situation. >> kim davis says she is standing by her religious principles. pope francis says he will allow priests to forgive women who have had abortions. in a letter published today, the

pope describes the moral ordeal for many women, writing: catholic teachings call abortion such a grave sin that women who received the procedure, or those who perform it are automatically excommunicated from the church. hungary today closed one crucial junction for refugees heading to europe. it stopped them from boarding trains. refugees protested the decision to clear the area effectively barring them from carrying on their journey by train. a day earlier, hundreds of refugees still managed to leave

for austria and germany. andrew simmons is at the terminal in budapest. >> reporter: such a dramatic contrast to monday when hundreds were getting on to international trains here. more than 3,500 getting through austria and on to germany. now police are stopping them from getting into the station even. they are sprawled all over, some demonstrating, some just lying on the floor exhausted. many have valid tickets. large families paying up to 1,000 euro, whether they will get their money back is open to question. in the past small numbers have got on trains and not gotten their money back after buying tickets. the government hasn't explained, ngo's hasn't explained, nor have the police. they say the police closed the station eventually because they

couldn't operate about 9:00 on tuesday morning. now we are seeing railway staff allowing other passengers into the station, but the police are resolved to stop the refugees from getting in. many are insistent that they will stay here until they are allowed into the station and on board trains. andrew simmons in budapest. hungary says germany's acceptance of refugees is the reason for the influx. germany denies that. a second person has now been arrested in connection with last month's deadly bombing in bangkok. the thai prime minister says the man was a foreigner. he is the second foreigner picked up in connection with the explosion at a religious shrine. the motive is still not clear. two more ukrainian national guard members have died after

violent protests in kiev. another 140 most officers are still in the hospital. more than 100 people were protesting outside parliament over a measure that would give pro-russian separatists greater autonomy. that's when a grenade exploded. a new trove of emails are made public from hillary clinton's private server, but some information is being kept under wraps. medical science in the form of this little drug has done away with the threat of death by heroin overdose. now will politic and popular opinion let it get out into the world. ♪

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people are gonna be challenged, we're not gonna take sides... an approach that treats every single player in a particular story equally. it's something fresh and something new. ♪ welcome back to al jazeera. taking a look at today's top stories, the funeral for one of two virginia journalists fatally shot last week gets underway next hour. family and friends of adam ward is remembering him. the cameraman was killed along with his colleague on live television. baltimore police are preparing for possible unrest this week, as the case of six police officers charged in the case of freddie gray head to court. gray died in april after suffering a severe spinal chord

injury in the back of a police van. his death sparked riots. and the former secret service agent pleds guilty to stealing cash from an underground website he was employed to shut down. the state department overnight released another trove of hillary clinton's emails. these are the messages he is stored on a private email server while serving as secretary of state. the state department published more than 4,000 of his messages. they are messages she sent in 2009 and 2010. this is one message that was dedabbed. >> reporter: the state department released over 7,000 pages of hillary clinton's emails while she was secretary of state. of course the at tenning focused on clinton because of the fact

that she had her own server in her home. 150 emails were redacted, meaning they have been classified since they were released. now that doesn't mean -- or they were classified since they have been sent. in that doesn't mean that she was sending classified information. the state department is saying that those 150 emails could have been classified since. of course the cumulative effect of this on hillary clinton is not great. there's a constant release of these emails. people go scurrying through them trying to find out if there is a smoking gun email in there. they have not yet found that, but the reward of course being that there has not been that smoking gun. the problem is back another three or four weeks from now, there will be more emails that come out. what help hillary clinton in this case, though, is that a lot of these emails show a personal, funny, natural side to hillary clinton, talking about television shows talking about

her shoe falling off of a palace. so while she is not delighted to have to deal with this, some of these emails and the fact that they are not revealing anything about her that is problematic can only make that campaign and hillary clinton herself feel a bit of relief. so they are trying to get away from this, but still the emails keep coming. >> michael shure in san francisco. clinton is set to testify before congress about her use of the private email use. >> those words from frazier glencross who also goes by the name frazier glen miller, when the verdict was announced. he faces the death penalty for killing three jewish people in kansas. he said he wanted 20 protect the

white race from jews. none of his victims were jewish. a funeral is set for friday for a deputy shot and killed at a gas station near houston. the suspect was in court today when authorities gave new details. >> when dep tas arrived they found him face down, he had clearly been shot multiple times with a firearm. he was dead. >> reporter: the 30 year old has a history of mental illness. more than 40,000 americans die every year of drug overdoses when it comes to heroin users police have reported success in saving lives with the drug narcan, but using it comes with some controversy. jake ward reports. >> who is this? >> that's my friend ariel. she and i were friends and worked together. >> reporter: this woman runs the drug overdose prevention and

education program in oakland, california, the work is very hard and very personal. >> we sat outside for a long time, and she said i don't even know what i'm doing, you know, i'll get my [ censor bleep ] together. it was just a blip, you know, and she died that night. >> reporter: wheeler may not be able to get users into treatment, but she can make sure they have access to narcan. an overdose causes the body to forget to breathe. narcan, literally knocks opiates off of the brain, sobering the user up instantly. heroin and opioid abuse has risen every year since 2007. during 2013, about 16,000 people died of an overdose of prescription opioids, and about 8,000 died of heroin. in that one year, according to a survey wheelers group helped

conduct, a narcan injection reversed overdoses 8,000 times. narcan is arguably the safest drug in the world. if a paramedic comes opinion someone who is unconscious and gives them even sugar water, if they are in the wrong kind of alcoholic stupor that would kill them. but narcan is safe to administer to anybody in any condition. >> we basically take the cap off here. >> reporter: paramedics traditionally have administered narcan, and police in 29 states now carry it as well, but drug users saved each other over 80% of the time. that's why wheeler says they must have narcan too. >> for me the priority has to be to get it into the hands of people who use drugs. they are the most likely people to witness an overdose. >> reporter: patrick would be

dead if he had to wait for an officer or emt. >> while i was in minneapolis i acquired some heroin that was stronger than i was used to, and when i used it, i od's. and when i od'ed, i was out completely. and my girlfriend had training, saw i was unconscious, came over, inserted thenar can many my nose, and revived me within about five or ten minutes. >> jake ward, al jazeera, san francisco. new data shows more and more college students are smoking marijuana. in fact the number of students lining up is the most in more than three decades. a study shows nearly 6% of college students reported using pot daily or near daily in 2014. that's almost twice as much as 2007, but actually less than the

7.2% recorded in 1980. puerto rico's debt crisis is putting pressure on people struggling to live there. how the high cost of electricity is leaving many without the basics. ♪

♪ the commonwealth of puerto rico has another week to come up with a plan to pay off its $72 billion debt. the proposal was due today, but issues related to tropical storm

erika pushed back the deadline. jonathan betz has more. >> reporter: to survive this man says he has to keep his market in the dark. he has turned off half of the lights, unplugged the freezers, even then he says his monthly electric bill is approaching $2,000. the electrical troubles are at the center of the growing crisis, electric rates here are twice as much as the u.s. average. >> it's too much. >> reporter: $70 billion government debt, $9 billion is owed by the state-controlled utility. puerto rico's power system relies on oil which is expensive and must be shipped in, instead of using resources already here like the wind or sun. only about 1% of the power comes

from renewable sources. >> we have sun, we have wind, we have biomass. we need to embrace other energy forms. and they don't want to do that. >> reporter: but he says the problems go much further from ancient power plants to years of wasteful spending and corruption. >> it's not meeting the needs of the people. it's a who gets the contract. >> reporter: julio said he saw decisions based on favors, pet projects that were started but never finished. >> they know how to do it, so let's get the politicians out. >> reporter: and many aren't paying their share up to a third of customers get a discount if they even pay at all.

governments, churches, even hotels get a break on their electric bills, costing the government more than $300 million a year. the top energy official admits it's a problem. >> for us it's not fair. >> reporter: lawmakers are considering overhauling those subsidies, and the commonwealth has hired experts to restructure the utility, and rates have been drops recently. but this man adds everyone deserves some of the blame. >> we started consuming electricity as if it would never -- we'll have to pay for it, and then now we are saying why are we paying all of these rates. >> a lot of people say it's unfair to blim the citizens. >> we are part of the problem. >> reporter: but people like this man are can assuming as little as possible with little relief. he speaks for many when he says he may have to move. for now he's one of many struggling to keep its doors open and the lights on. jonathan betz, al jazeera, san

juan, puerto rico. yahoo's ceo is expecting twins, but says she plans to return to the office after giving birth. she took two weeks off after having her son. yahoo says it supports their ceo's decision. luck struck twice for a san francisco man in a big way, first he picked up a $20 bill outside of the airport, used that money to buy two scratch-off lottery tickets, and he won the top prize, $1 million. he says he doesn't have any plans for the jackpot, but he may just play it forward and place $20 bills in random places for other lucky play rs to find. thanks for watching, i'm randall pinkston. the news continues next live

from doha. keep up on aljazeera.com. ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the news hour. i'm in doha with the top stories on al jazeera. hungarian police block hundreds of refugees from boarding trains in budapest. calls for australia to shut down a detainee facility for refugees. and